Plymouth vs Derby

15 March 2025 · Championship · 2024/25 · Referee J Busby

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 1–2

Mustapha Bundu 38’
Nathaniel Phillips 46’ (og)

Marcus Harness 11’, 88’
Harrison Armstrong 26’

Match summary

Derby won 3-2 away at Plymouth, with a late winner. Derby led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Marcus Harness put Derby ahead in the 11th minute, Harrison Armstrong made it 0-2 in the 26th minute, and Mustapha Bundu pulled one back to make it 1-2 with a direct free kick in the 38th minute. In the second half, Phillips's own goal equalised in the 46th minute and Harness won it in the 88th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Plymouth created 0.96 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots, Derby 0.93 from 9.

Match stats

11 Shots 9

3 Shots on Target 5

7 Corners 3

0 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

0.96 xG 0.93

0.96 Non-penalty xG 0.93

Key events

Plymouth Derby

Kick-off

11’

Marcus Harness

0-1

26’

Harrison Armstrong

0-2

Mustapha Bundu

1-2

38’

Half-time1-2

Nathaniel Phillips
Own goal

2-2

46’

88’

Marcus Harness

2-3

Full-time2-3

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Derby

Nathaniel Phillips
Ebou Adams
Liam Thompson

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Plymouth 0.96 xGDerby 0.93 xG Goal

Tap a goal for the scorer and score.

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Derby attacking Plymouth attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Players16 players


Conor Hazard	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kornél Szűcs Taken off	84′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Nikola Katić	90′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Maksym Talovierov	90′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Bali Mumba Taken off	72′	–	–	2	0.03	–	–	–
Jordan Houghton	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Darko Gyabi Taken off	72′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tymoteusz Puchacz Taken off	72′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Ryan Hardie	90′	–	–	3	0.72	–	–	–
Callum Wright Taken off	63′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mustapha Bundu	90′	1	–	2	0.13	–	–	–
Michael Obafemi Came on as a substitute	27′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nathanael Ogbeta Came on as a substitute	18′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joe Edwards Came on as a substitute	18′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Malachi Boateng Came on as a substitute	18′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Rami Al Hajj Came on as a substitute	6′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Players13 players


Jacob Widell Zetterström	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nathaniel Phillips	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Matt Clarke	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Craig Forsyth	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kane Wilson Taken off	74′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ebou Adams	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Harrison Armstrong	90′	1	–	2	0.13	–	–	–
Liam Thompson Taken off	61′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Callum Elder	90′	–	–	1	0.04	–	–	–
Jerry Yates	90′	–	–	1	0.06	–	–	–
Marcus Harness	90′	2	–	3	0.58	–	–	–
Kayden Jackson Came on as a substitute	29′	–	–	2	0.12	–	–	–
Sondre Langås Came on as a substitute	16′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Plymouth win 30% Avg odds 3.21

Draw 32% Avg odds 2.92

Derby win 38% Avg odds 2.52

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Plymouth D D L L W

Derby L L L W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Derby 1-1 Plymouth, 09 Nov 24 All Plymouth vs Derby meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.